The 2017 VW Golf SportWagen Alltrack is coming to U.S.

The tall wagon segment has another entrant: the 2017 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen Alltrack, which will (surprisingly) go on sale in the U.S. in 2016. The AWD-equipped wagon will debut at the New York International Auto Show.

Michael Horn, VW Group of America's CEO, said in a statement that customer demand for AWD capability spurred the model on. Following the established formula, there's contrasting lower body cladding, bigger wheelarches, "nearly an inch" more ground clearance, and new bumpers.

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More importantly, the Alltrack will come with the Haldex-5 4Motion all-wheel drive system. It's front-biased but can send 50 percent of torque available to the rear. Volkswagen says that the system provides SUV-like traction with wagon utility and economy, but we'll have to look closely at the numbers to see what kind of advantage it has over Volkswagen's small SUVs.

There's no word on pricing or drivetrain configurations at this time. As soon as we hear anything about that, we'll let you know.